Inter-laboratory testing as a strategy for external quality assessment for qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 by real-time RT-PCR testing in India

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dc.contributor.authorKaur, Harmanmeeten_US
dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, Labanyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAggarwal, Neerajen_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Niveditaen_US
dc.contributor.authorNarayan, Jitendraen_US
dc.contributor.authorVijay, Neetuen_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Swatien_US
dc.contributor.authorRana, Salajen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaur, Jasmineen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Viniten_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Harpreeten_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-19T04:52:12Z
dc.date.available2023-08-19T04:52:12Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.description.abstractTo implement the strategy of test, track and treat to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the number of real-time RT-PCR–based testing laboratories was increased for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in the country. To ensure reliability of the laboratory results, the Indian Council of Medical Research initiated external quality assessment (EQA) by deploying inter-laboratory quality control (ILQC) activity for these laboratories by nominating 34 quality control (QC) laboratories. This report presents the results of this activity for a period of September 2020 till November 2020. A total of 597 laboratories participated in this activity and 86 per cent of these scored ?90 per cent concordance with QC laboratories. This ILQC activity showcased India’s preparedness in quality diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsVirology Unit, Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseasesen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDivision of Biomedical Informatics, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKaur Harmanmeet, Mukhopadhyay Labanya, Aggarwal Neeraj, Gupta Nivedita, Narayan Jitendra, Vijay Neetu, Gupta Swati, Rana Salaj, Kaur Jasmine, Kumar Vinit, Singh Harpreet. Inter-laboratory testing as a strategy for external quality assessment for qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 by real-time RT-PCR testing in India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2022 Jan; 155(1): 86-90en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-5916
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/223633
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer – Medknowen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume155en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2433_21en_US
dc.subjectExternal quality assessment programmeen_US
dc.subjectproficiency testingen_US
dc.subjectquality controlen_US
dc.subjectrealen_US
dc.subjecttime RTen_US
dc.subjectPCRen_US
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2 testingen_US
dc.subjectviral research and diagnostic laboratoryen_US
dc.titleInter-laboratory testing as a strategy for external quality assessment for qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 by real-time RT-PCR testing in Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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